Didn't know what Feat or Utility Power to go for, so I went basic (Plate Armor and More Temp Hit Points) until I can ask a very nagging question.

What is a Stance power?

I have come across multiple STANCE powerss looking through Martial Prowess and the Player's Handbook and I have no idea what a Stance is. Is a stance something you take an action to adopt and then sustain as a minor every turn? (What I suspect it is but cannot be sure yet) Anyways, done leveling other than that, will we get enough money to afford my new armor or find a place that is able to forge it?

That's so. You adopt a stance and it simply continues until you choose to end it. I don't think it requires a minor to maintain, but I could be wrong about that and will try and remember to check for you.

Most stances last either until the end of the encounter, ended by the player, another stance is started (can't use more than 1 at a time), or the player goes unconscious. Stances make for good utility/Daily powers, because they last the whole encounter, and require no sustain action.

[spoiler = Luce] actually weapon focus doesn't give+1 attack bonus in 4e just damage and I believe that the waraxe is a superior weapon or "exotic" so I can't use it without a feat and I'd prefer to not try and use stuff I don't have the book for. Thanks anyways Luce [/spoiler ]

however you guys want to place our loot is fine as long as equal shares are in order XD GM Rosey? How easy or hard would it be to put some of my new found coin into buying a suit of these when we get back to the town:
Plate Armor +1
and Possibly some better weapons and shield?

Equal shares makes sense, but it really is up to you as a party. Don't forget that the Blackstreams are merchants and they will feel they owe you quite a bit. Your characters don't know it yet, but you will probably get a discount.

Avoid 'The Breakfast Club' quotes, because then I will get involved, and we will just go back and forth until the movie as a whole has been quoted (as there are very few unquotable lines in it). Man, I love that movie.

Once we get into town, we'll split the reward if that's alright? After telling the Mayor/Magistrate about it. 366Gp each & a pool of 367 - that can be borrowed against or for potions/rituals etc.

Wow, that was a long day. Got to play the French in 'The Virgin Queen'; which is set in the French Wars of Religion. Thus I got roundly attacked, even the Ottoman's took Paris on the second turn (damned Texan player betraying me once again ;P ). But at least I had Charles IX married Queen Elizabeth.

Card-driven Wargame, it uses counters for armies and unlike the predecessor has patronage, marriage, piracy and better diplomacy than 'Here I Stand'.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41066/virgin-queen

If you want to know any reccommendations, my friends and I play board (not war) games every friday night. There's about 12 of us, so we get through alot, our gracious hosts has 200+ and constantly gets new ones. So I have played more than my share. From Co-operative to resource management to popular to cards.

well true its not gone forever, but its a game with a series of expansion sets that'd make it even harder to find a full set of the game now. I was lucky and bought 3 copies of the master set at Toys R Us for like 20% of the standard price.

Pandemic is one of the best co-operative games, I've played. Very balanced and one of the few where the expansions greatly improve an already brilliant game. Arkham is great but takes too long for set-up for regular play, my friends sold 'Mansions of Madness' - saying it didn't quite work.

I've not been to the Expo before, but my friends had a spare room and got me a ticket for my birthday last week. I've no idea what we are going to do. But Rev if 'him indoors' wants to e-mail me my adress is in my profile or pm me.

Pandemic is one of the best co-operative games, I've played. Very balanced and one of the few where the expansions greatly improve an already brilliant game. Arkham is great but takes too long for set-up for regular play, my friends sold 'Mansions of Madness' - saying it didn't quite work.

I've not been to the Expo before, but my friends had a spare room and got me a ticket for my birthday last week. I've no idea what we are going to do. But Rev if 'him indoors' wants to e-mail me my adress is in my profile or pm me.

Given him your email.

Do agree rather on Arkham. By the time you've finished allocating everyone all those game parts, the evening is half over. Still a mighty fine game though.

Another 'Roleplaying' Board-game that is great is 'Tales of the Arabian Nights', a bit like a 'choose your own adventure'. About as random, lots of referencing and reading - but a nice game to play 2-3 times a year.

Another 'Roleplaying' Board-game that is great is 'Tales of the Arabian Nights', a bit like a 'choose your own adventure'. About as random, lots of referencing and reading - but a nice game to play 2-3 times a year.

That's an excellent game, although I didn't know there was a new version. It occurred to me once that it could work in a PbP format, and the story-telling version at least could benefit from that.